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‘How Sergeant Richardson (Lord Strathcona’s Corps) won his Victoria Cross’, cigarette card, 1900 (c)
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Accession Number

NAM.1988-03-20-15

Description

‘How Sergeant Richardson (Lord Strathcona’s Corps) won his Victoria Cross’, 1900 (c). Cigarette card published by Morris and Sons Limited, one of a set of twenty cigarette cards commemorating winners of the Victoria Cross during the Boer War (1899-1902), 1900 (c). Sergeant Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson formerly of the Canadian North-West Mounted Police, served with Lord Strathcona’s Horse during the Boer War (1899-1902). He was born in Southport, Lancashire in 1874. Richardson was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 5 July 1900 at Wolvespruit, near Standerton in the Transvaal. During a skirmish with Boer forces his company was forced to retire under heavy fire. Richardson rode back to save a dismounted comrade who had been wounded. Richardson died, aged 58, in Liverpool on 16 December 1932. Associated with Boer War (1899-1902).

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)